01/23/13 – Allen St. Pierre – The Scott Horton Show

Allen St. Pierre, Executive Director of NORML, discusses the next wave of states introducing legislation to legalize marijuana; the generational shift away from prohibition and “reefer madness;” why Congress – despite a “cannabis caucus” of sorts – is slow to respond to public support for legalization; how legal, commercial growing would drastically lower the price of marijuana; the lack of rhyme or reason in the federal government’s raids and prosecutions; and the 5 reasons why pot prohibition persists.